| 释义 |
‖ niet, adv. and n.|ɲet|
Also nyet.
[Russ. nyet no.]
A. adv. = no adv.3 Freq. denoting a blunt refusal, esp. on the part of Russia or (formerly) the Soviet state.
[1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 209 Niet dobra, no good. A Russian word used colloquially in the North Russia Expeditionary Force in the War, much as Nichevo..and usually with an intermediary English expletive, e.g., ‘Niet blanky dobra’.] 1934H. G. Wells Exper. Autobiogr. II. ix. 807, I was all for the planetary rounding off of the revolutionary process. But Stalin..shook his head and said ‘Nyet’ reflectively. 1957Time 2 Sept. 16/2 ‘I sincerely hope,’ said the President,..‘that the Soviet Union will now join us in agreeing.’ Preliminary Russian reaction: ‘Nyet’. 1968S. Potter in H. Longhurst Never on Weekdays p. viii, Match-play for ever! Stroke-play, niet. 1987Times 2 Oct. 14/7 The Russians had come a long way from their original stance, which was basically nyet to Star Wars.
B. n.
1. = no n. 2; a blunt refusal. Also attrib.
1957Time 25 Feb. 31/1 (heading) The Nyet Man. Ibid. 31/2 Gromyko's televised image became a symbol of the cold war... As Russia's first U.N. representative, his nyet, uttered in the course of 26 Soviet vetoes, was a byword. 1969S. Hyland Top Bloody Secret ii. 162 Try the Niet stuff and keep them talking. 1972Guardian 19 July 2/2 It is suspected that his [sc. Sadat's] Prime Minister..was asking for offensive arms in Moscow..and that he received a blunt ‘niet’. 1988Independent 26 Mar. 10 (heading) The people's nyet halts the Baikal pipeline.
2. Mr. Niet, a person (esp. a Soviet politician) noted for his negative or uncompromising attitude.
1959Daily Mail 19 May 2/6 Sir David has become Moscow's Mr. Niet. He has said ‘No’ to insistent demands for bigger credits for Russia. 1988Independent 1 Oct. 5/5 Despite all the apparent hostility in the West to Mr Nyet—he gained his title by casting no less than 25 vetos at the United Nations Security Council in the 1950s—there was considerable respect for him [sc. A. Gromyko] as a negotiator. |